This document contains summaries of several books and stories in both English and Spanish, including: 1) The Great Fire of London, which describes a fire that breaks out in 1666 London and ravages the city. 2) The Ghost Teacher, about a mysterious new teacher who arrives at a school and strange things begin to happen. 3) Four popular legends from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales involving a girl and a unicorn, a wizard's spells, a king's secret, and a prince's loyal dog. 4) Six stories of ghosts from Britain, Australia, New Zealand, America and Egypt. 5) Sherlock Holmes investigates a strange crime that took place in Norwood

1. 1ºESO: The Great Fire of London
Oxford. Dominoes Starter
• It's London, 1666. It's a
hot, dry summer. A small
fire starts in a baker's shop
in Pudding Lane. Soon the
city of London is burning
and the fire-fighters can't
stop the fire. People are
running from their houses
down to the River Thames.
But how does the fire begin
and who can stop it? What
is the King of England doing
to help?

2. 2ºESO: The Ghost Teacher
Burlington Books
• West Hill School is just an
ordinary school, but one
day a new teacher arrives
and some very strange
things start to happen.
The teacher comes to
work in a car that has no
driver. He carries a
newspaper dating from
1935. And he always
seems to punish the same
boy. What is going on?

3. Bilingual 2ºESO:Legends from the British Isles
Black Cat. Vicens Vives
• Enjoy four popular
legends from England,
Ireland, Scotland and
Wales that tell us about a
girl who makes friends
with a unicorn, a wizard
who casts terrible spells,
a king who hides a
strange secret and a
prince's loyal dog... all
unforgettable! The four
legends are recorded with
regional accents.

4. 3ºESO: The Real McCoy & other Ghost Stories
Oxford Dominoes
• 'Are you scared, Gordon?' asks
Heather.
Four friends talk of ghosts in a
hotel in Scotland. That night
Gordon sees and hears
something strange in his
room. But is it really the ghost
of Lord McCoy?
These six stories tell of ghosts
- friendly, sad, and bad - from
Britain, Australia, New
Zealand, America - and Egypt!

5. Bilingual 3ºESO: Sherlock Holmes: The
Norwood Mystery
Oxford Dominoes
• 'For me, Watson, life is not so
interesting,' says Holmes.
'I loved to read the newspaper,
hoping to find some news of an
interesting crime for me to
investigate or a dangerous criminal
for me to catch. Where are all those
clever criminals these days?'
Then, suddenly, a wild, excited
young man runs up the stairs to
Holmes' room. He has a story to tell
about a strange crime that took
place in Norwood. But who is the
criminal? And is he dangerous? Life,
for Holmes, suddenly starts to get
interesting.

6. 4ºESO: Pirates of the Caribbean
Penguin Readers. Longman
• Read about the
adventures of Elizabeth
Swann, Will Turner,
and Jack Sparrow -
characters of the
blockbuster Hollywood
movie Pirates of the
Caribbean: The Curse
of the Black Pearl.

7. Bilingual 4ºESO and 1º Bachillerato:
The Moonstone (Oxford Dominoes)
• The Moonstone is a
beautiful yellow diamond
that was stolen from the
statue of a Moon god in
India. When Franklin Blake
brings it to Rachel
Verinder's house in
Yorkshire for her
birthday, it brings bad luck
with it.
How many people will the
Moonstone hurt? How
many must die before the
diamond's revenge is
complete?